Senior Belarus officials have been blamed by the UN for the hoax bomb claim that led to an emergency landing for a Ryanair flight and the arrest of a dissident journalist.
The plane was on its way from Athens to Vilnius in May, 2021, when Belarus controllers ordered it to land in Minsk, citing a bomb threat.
Once it was on the ground, Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich was detained along with his then-girlfriend.
